Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate, in respect of overall workforce planning within the public service, if there is a planned response to instances where the recruitment embargo is relaxed for individual Departments and-or agencies or if it is the case that embargoes are only lifted in cases where management repeatedly requests that recruitment take place; the factors that are taken into consideration when deciding to make exceptions to the recruitment embargo; if there is any long-term plan to address specific workforce shortage areas without jeopardising overall staff resources across the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9672/14]

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